Saudi-led Yemen strikes destroy UK aid with British bombs – Oxfam slams London’s ‘incoherent’ policy
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‘My hope is gone’: Parents speak out after daughter starves to death in Yemen
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Millions of Yemenis edging closer to famine and disease, charity says
A charity has warned that millions of Yemenis are edging closer to famine and fatal disease one year after a Saudi-led coalition imposed a blockade on sea, land and air routes into the Arab world’s poorest country. Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee Council said “the past 12 months have been a never-ending nightmare for…
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Without Yemen ceasefire mass starvation looms, critics say
Aden, Yemen, Oct 19, 2018 / 04:00 am (CNA).- The possibility of mass starvation in Yemen continues as a military engagement over a major port city could block food and other aid for millions of people. “We cannot fail to be moved by the news coming from Yemen, of families ripped apart by this…
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Iran should be top of UN Security Council’s agenda
Iran’s state-owned Persian news outlets have put significant emphasis on the recent announcement by US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley that President Donald Trump is planning to chair a meeting on Iran in late September. The meeting to discuss the Islamic Republic will be attended by the heads of state of the UN Security Council’s members….
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Seven ships loaded with Oregon wheat bound for starving Yemen’s Hodeida port
Justin Waggoner swings his combine into wheat growing outside Condon, Oregon, last August. Seven ships loaded with wheat grown in the Pacific Northwest are sailing for Yemen, where civil war has pushed over 8 million people to the brink of starvation. The U.S. Agency for International Development purchased the wheat to benefit America’s wheat farmers…
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Peace “Only Way Forward” For Yemen
A young boy runs with his tyre past buildings damaged by airstrikes in Saada Old Town. UNICEF says health facilities in the country have been cut by more than half, thousands of schools have been destroyed, and over 2,000 children have been killed. Credit: Giles Clarke/OCHA Tackling the relentless conflict in Yemen has never been…
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5 of 7 nations hit by US travel ban are majority Muslim
The seven nations under the Trump administration’s travel ban – upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court – include five majority Muslim countries, prompting dissenting Justice Sonia Sotomayor to assert that the entry restrictions were motivated by “animus toward the Muslim faith.” The administration cites security concerns. The list includes countries with a hostile relationship with…
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Trump cheers travel ban win before Supreme Court: ‘Wow!’
President Trump cheered the Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to uphold the administration’s controversial travel ban affecting several mostly Muslim countries, following the ruling on one of the hardest-fought legal battles of his term. “SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS TRUMP TRAVEL BAN. Wow!” Trump tweeted minutes after the court’s decision was made public. Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump SUPREME COURT…
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Iran and Israel on a collision course as Syria burns
PHOTO: Iran is “the biggest occupying power in the Arab world today”, writes The New York Times’ Thomas L. Friedman. (Reuters: Morteza Nikoubazl, file) Syria was not the only target in the US-led military strike; there was a message here for another country: Iran. Perhaps this is even more crucial. Iran has used the cover of Russia’s…
